Friday, June 10, 2011

5x5 Fiction presents ISSUE TWO: Secrets, Scuffles and Surprises

Once again it’s my pleasure to present you with another spectacular issue of5x5 Fiction.Get ready for some familiar names alongside some new blood. You have the option to view the issue online or download the pdf file.

Really enjoyed this issue! Great stories -- what a fabulous idea these savory morsels are. Thank you again for the recognition! Some favorites of mine in this issue: "Love Your Neighbor's Pet", "Better Than A Smoke", and "Sowing For Spring." Love the visuals everyone. You had me right there inside the story -- cringing!

Ooo, there's some good ones here. I like "Bytes and Pieces" best. It's the scariest because it's the most true. Reason #1 I try to step away from the computer. "Sign on the Dotted Line" struck a chord because I plan to enlist and in the back of my mind that "just a shield" thought sometimes creeps in. The zombie fanatic in me loved "Viral Intelligence Research Systems" and the CJ major in me loved "Flip a Coin and Move On." For the word limit, "The Missing Boy" was perfectly executed. Great prose Eric.

These were all pretty damn good. Put mine to shame. Good to see David Barber participating too. Nice issue.

Prank & Gifted Romance were the ones I couldn't get out of my mind at the end of the issue. Flip A coin & Move On, Love your neighbor's pet, Tick Tock, Better than a smoke (the bio seemed part of the story), VIRUS, and the 5x5 feature really stuck out for me. (Congrats on your first publishings & feature L. Munoz! You did a wonderful job. It took me a moment to get the plot, but once I did it sank in deep. Very chilling. I can't wait to see what your longer works will hold.)Everyone's stories was really terrific and reading this as a whole is so fun.

About Me

Angel Zapata writes poetry and fiction. He’s the recipient of the 2012 Mariner Award for Bewildering Stories’ most outstanding flash fiction work of the year, Carrion Folk; a winner of the MicroHorror 2012 Story Contest for his horrific tale, The Blood Worms; and winner of the Thrillers, Killers ‘n’ Chillers Halloween Competition 2012 for his foot fetish story, Lost Soles.